Posted By Tom Kensler On April 1, 2011 @ 2:06 pm In College Basketball | No Comments

HOUSTON — Butler’s Brad Stevens has been mentioned by the media — and millions of fans — as a potential, or hopeful, candidate for so many coaching openings it wouldn’t come as a surprise if he never watched ESPN.

A year ago, Stevens went through this before of course. He stayed at Butler and signed a contract extension.

“It’s flattering,” Stevens said Friday during Final Four interviews. “I don’t want to sound the wrong way here, but I really only listen to two (people): my wife and myself, that’s about it.

“It’s funny because my cell phone hasn’t rung, my cell phone isn’t ringing. Those are types of things that are all speculation.

“But I will say this: One of the things that gets lost in the shuffle are the assistant coaches and their families. So when guys and people take new jobs, that throws their life into a little bit of, ‘What’s going on next?’ There’s a lot of uncertainty, and it’s unsettling, to be real honest.

“…that’s why (taking another job is) such a personal decision. It’s so much more than the game of the (coaching) carrousel and the game of the (rumor) talk, when it becomes that personal.”